Fuel tank pressure sensor rationality testing using V2X technology
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- with a vehicle stationary and in a vehicle-off condition, sealing a fuel tank and conducting a fuel system diagnostic based on vehicle-to-vehicle communication where a controller of the vehicle wirelessly acquires a set of fuel tank pressure data from a plurality of other vehicles selected via the controller based on a distance from the vehicle and one or more conditions related to fuel tank pressure, and compares the set of fuel tank pressure data to data from a fuel tank pressure sensor of the vehicle;
maintaining the fuel tank sealed and indicating an absence of fuel system degradationresponsive to the set of fuel tank pressure data from the plurality of other vehicles correlating with the data from the fuel tank pressure sensor as determined via the controller; and
responsive to the controller determining that the set of fuel tank pressure data is not correlated with the data from the fuel tank pressure sensor, unsealing the fuel tank and indicating whether the fuel tank pressure sensor is degraded based on a pressure as monitored via the fuel tank pressure sensor.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for conducting a fuel tank pressure transducer rationality test diagnostic procedure in vehicles with sealed fuel tanks. In one example, vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) or vehicle-to-infrastructure-to-vehicle (V2I2V) technology may be utilized to obtain fuel tank pressure transducer data from a select crowd of vehicles, where the select crowd may be based on the vehicles in the select crowd experiencing similar ambient temperature and weather as the vehicle being diagnosed. In this way, FTPT data from vehicles in the select crowd may be compared to FTPT data in the vehicle being diagnosed, in order to indicate whether the FTPT in the vehicle being diagnosed is functioning as desired, where such a diagnostic can be performed without unsealing the fuel tank on either the vehicle being diagnosed or the vehicles in the select crowd, and which may thus reduce undesired evaporative emissions.
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19 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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with a vehicle stationary and in a vehicle-off condition, sealing a fuel tank and conducting a fuel system diagnostic based on vehicle-to-vehicle communication where a controller of the vehicle wirelessly acquires a set of fuel tank pressure data from a plurality of other vehicles selected via the controller based on a distance from the vehicle and one or more conditions related to fuel tank pressure, and compares the set of fuel tank pressure data to data from a fuel tank pressure sensor of the vehicle; maintaining the fuel tank sealed and indicating an absence of fuel system degradation responsive to the set of fuel tank pressure data from the plurality of other vehicles correlating with the data from the fuel tank pressure sensor as determined via the controller; and responsive to the controller determining that the set of fuel tank pressure data is not correlated with the data from the fuel tank pressure sensor, unsealing the fuel tank and indicating whether the fuel tank pressure sensor is degraded based on a pressure as monitored via the fuel tank pressure sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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during an engine-off condition, sealing a fuel tank and monitoring a pressure in the fuel tank via a fuel tank pressure transducer, and in response to a pressure change greater than a threshold pressure change, conducting a fuel system diagnostic via vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) or vehicle-to-infrastructure-to-vehicle (V2I2V) communications between a vehicle and a crowd of vehicles selected via a controller of the vehicle via the V2V and/or V2I2V communications, where the V2V and/or V2I2V communications further include wirelessly retrieving a set of fuel tank pressure data from the crowd over a predetermined time frame; wherein conducting the fuel system diagnostic includes comparing, via the controller, the set of fuel tank pressure data from the crowd to fuel tank pressure data from the vehicle; and in response to the set of fuel tank pressure data from the crowd not correlating within error margins with the fuel tank pressure data from the vehicle, unsealing the fuel tank and indicating a source of undesired evaporative emissions stemming from the fuel tank responsive to the pressure in the fuel tank decaying to atmospheric pressure as indicated via the fuel tank pressure transducer. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for a vehicle, comprising:
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a fuel tank selectively fluidically coupled to a fuel vapor storage canister and to atmosphere via a fuel tank isolation valve, and a fuel tank pressure transducer for monitoring a fuel tank pressure; and a controller, with computer readable instructions stored in non-transitory memory that, when executed, cause the controller to; seal the fuel tank via commanding closed the fuel tank isolation valve and during a key-off condition where the fuel tank pressure changes by more than a threshold change, send a wireless request via one of vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) or vehicle-to-infrastructure-to-vehicle (V2I2V) communications to a plurality of vehicles equipped with wireless communication capabilities within a predetermined distance of the vehicle; generate a subset of vehicles from the plurality of vehicles based on the wireless request, the wireless request including data pertaining to fuel tank pressure; retrieve one or more data sets pertaining to fuel tank pressure from the subset of vehicles; and compare the one or more data sets from the subset of vehicles to a set of fuel tank pressure data from the vehicle, and in response to data from the one or more data sets not correlating with the set of fuel tank pressure data from the vehicle, command open the fuel tank isolation valve and indicate that the fuel tank pressure transducer is not functioning as desired in response to the fuel tank pressure not decaying to atmospheric pressure. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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